Dillon v. National Council of the Knights & Ladies of Security
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Mabotts Kavanagh, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Smith
delivered the opinion of the court.
The first question to be considered is whether Hanora McCaffery, who under the by-laws of appellant and her certificate of membership, stood suspended at the time of her death for failure to pay an assessment when due, could be reinstated after her death by a payment of the delinquent assessment to appellant’s collecting officer by the 'beneficiary in the membership certificate, and the acceptance of such payment by such officer, with knowledge of her death.
By the terms of the beneficiary certificate Mrs. Mc-Caffery agreed to…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Karcher v. Supreme Lodge Knights of HonorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Lyon v. Supreme Assembly of RoyAl Society of Good FellowsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Rood v. Railway Passenger & Freight Conductors' Mut. Ben. Ass'nUnited States Circuit Court · 1887
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